discounts -- Re: Exchange replacements

[Jennifer Davis]

>
> "picking on 5%":
>
> 5% discount from hardware vendors is like a free machine
> since most folks hardware costs approaches 95% of the retail
> due to competition
> 	- there are some exceptions to costs like dell that makes
> 	their own custom hardware to widen their gross margins to
> 	25% or more  and than they add their silly "pre-paid warranty"
> 	that boosts their profits thru the roof
>
> 5% discounts from software vendors ... humm that's when i look
> for other vendors, but again depends on which sw one is buying

That's 5% discount on top of any other discount negotiated.  It's not the 
sole discount.  (Just wanted to make that clear)